Allorhizobium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
Order: | Rhizobiales |
Family: | Rhizobiaceae |
Genus: |
Allorhizobium (de Lajudie et al. 1998) Mousavi et al. 2015 |
Type species | |
Allorhizobium undicola de Lajudie et al. 1998 |
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Species | |
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Allorhizobium is a genus of Gram-negative soil bacteria, recently segregated from the genus Rhizobium. Some species of Allorhizobium form an endosymbiotic nitrogen-fixing association with roots of legumes, while others are known to cause crown gall.